Abstract： Objective:In order to speed up the establishment of military information system and improve the health care system of military hospitals, it is planned by Hygienic Department of General Logistic that a Telemedicinet of PLA based on telephone line communications for the entire army will be established within two years.Methods: Telemedicine Research and Development Center of PLA will be primary responsible for the construction of the entire telemedicine network, providing centralized training and telemedicine equipments (hardware and software) to all military units. Each of these units could activate such equipments after getting connected so that information and data interchange is enabled.Results: 221 telemedicine terminals are established within the entire military medical system and over 1 500 telemedicine activities were conducted via the network, meanwhile, over 1 700 medical graphics were transmitted. It is estimated that among all military units using the service, satisfactory rate reached 92.8%, while 21 medical specialties were covered.Conclusions : Under the guidance of remote medical specialists, the telemedicinet of PLA cured effectively many patients who were not diagnosed and treated correctly in primary clinics due to inadequate equipments. Trainings via the network also improved significantly the overall professionalism of the staffs in primary clinics while some problems to be improved also caught our attention.